At 7.35am on Friday 14th October 2016, a 15 year old school girl was walking along a popular school route. She approaches and very carefully crosses the road but when mid-way across, a white van travelling far beyond the 20mph speed limit impacts her head-on causing her to roll over the bonnet and onto the windscreen before falling back to the ground.
The van driver, in a company van believed to belong to 'Vehicle Matters' in Bristol, briefly stopped and pulled the screaming and crying girl to the pavement, before getting back into his van and driving off. Neighbours heard the screaming and quickly called for the emergency services, one quick thinking neighbour also took a photo of the van as it sped off, capturing its number plate and leading to a quick arrest of the suspect.
CCTV attached to my house captured the entire event and proved that the initial claim of the driver that he merely "clipped the girl with his wing mirror" was false and that he had actually collided directly into her at speed.
Fortunately and incredibly, the girl involved suffered only minor cuts, bruises and shock but had this impact have been with a younger child or an older person, the outcome could have been far worse.
The girl and family involved wish to remain anonymous and for their privacy to be respected, but they have consented for the footage to be released on the basis that it is shocking and should prompt drivers to obey 20mph neighourhood speed limits and to drive more carefully, this kind of incident should never happen.
The incident has changed the driver and his family's life forever, speeding and driving irresponsibly can kill and affect the lives of many. Drive safely.
The camera which provided the CCTV was a D-Link 932L night vision web-connected camera, it costs as little as £29.99 online and without doubt has helped to reinforce the pending conviction for this crime.
27 авг 2024
